Modern Physics/Miscellaneous Conversions


This page represents a listing of some common unit conversions that will be helpful in this book. Conversions are listed in no particular order.

Quantity Conversions
Atmospheric Pressure 1 atm = 101325 Pa = 1.01325 bar = 760 Torr
Atomic Mass 1 u = 1.660538×10−27 kg = 931.493604 MeV/c2
Electronvolt 1 eV = 1.60217646×10−19 J
Force 1 N = 105 dyn
Energy 1 J = 1 N·m = 107 erg = 1 V·C
Electric Charge 1 C = 6.24150974×1018 elementary charge units